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Neurotensin (NT) is a neuropeptide neurotransmitter in the central nervous system. It has been implicated in the therapeutic and in the adverse effects of neuroleptics. Activity of NT in brain can only be shown by direct injection of the peptide into that organ. However, we have developed a novel analog of NT(8-13), NT69L, which is active upon intraperitoneal (i.p.) injection. Like atypical neuroleptics, NT69L blocked the climbing behavior in rats, but not the licking and sniffing behaviors of a high dose (600 microgram/kg) of the non-selective dopamine agonist apomorphine. Its blockade of climbing was very potent with an ED(50) (effective dose at 50% of maximum) of 16 microgram/kg. Both apomorphine and NT69L caused a long-lasting hypothermia, which was greater with the peptide but not synergistic in combination with apomorphine. The ED(50) of NT69L for hypothermia was 390 microgram/kg. NT69L (up to 5 mg/kg i.p.) did not produce catalepsy. However, when given before haloperidol, NT69L, but not clozapine, completely prevented catalepsy. When given after haloperidol, NT69L, but not clozapine, reversed haloperidol's cataleptic effects with an ED(50) of 260 microg/kg. There was no significant difference between the ED(50)s for hypothermia and anticataleptic effects of NT69L. However, the ED(50) for blocking the effects of apomorphine was significantly lower than the other two. These data suggest that NT69L may have neuroleptic properties in humans and may be useful in the treatment of extrapyramidal side effects caused by typical neuroleptics such as haloperidol.
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PMID:Effects of a novel neurotensin peptide analog given extracranially on CNS behaviors mediated by apomorphine and haloperidol. 1067 10

Abnormalities in autonomic activity resulting in disturbances of the diurnal rhythm of many physiologic processes were recently revealed in hypertensive patients. These findings suggest deteriorations in the functioning of the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), which is known to be the biological clock of mammals. To test this hypothesis, we carried out an immunocytochemical study of the SCN of primary hypertension patients who had died due to myocardial infarction or brain hemorrhage, and compared them with those of individuals with a normal blood pressure who had never had any autonomic disturbances and died from myocardial infarction after chest trauma or from hypothermia. We found that the staining for the three main neuronal populations of the SCN; i.e., vasopressin, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, and neurotensin, reduced by more than 50% in the hypertensives compared with controls. The present data indicate a serious dysregulation of the biological clock in hypertensive patients. Such a disturbance may cause a harmful hemodynamic imbalance with a negative effect on circulation, especially in the morning, when the inactivity-activity balance changes. The difficulty in adjusting from inactivity to activity might be involved in the morning clustering of cardiovascular events.
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PMID:Neuropeptide changes in the suprachiasmatic nucleus in primary hypertension indicate functional impairment of the biological clock. 1117 8

Although several studies have indicated that neurotensin administered acutely has several pharmacological properties common with those of antipsychotic drugs, the effects of repeated exposure to neurotensin receptor agonism have been less well characterised. Here, we investigated the effect of the novel neurotensin-(8-13) analogue NT69L [(N-methyl-Arg), Lys, Pro, L-neo-Trp, tert-Leu, Leu] in animal models sensitive to central neurotensin receptor stimulation as well as in predictive models for antipsychotic activity and motor side-effect liability. Acute injection of NT69L (0.19-6.1 micromol/kg, s.c./i.p.) caused hypothermia (>2.5 degrees C) and reduction in spontaneous locomotor activity but failed to induce catalepsy. Furthermore, NT69L (0.10 micromol/kg, s.c.) counteracted the hyperlocomotion elicited by amphetamine (0.5 mg/kg, s.c.). However, repeated injections of NT69L (0.19 micromol/kg, s.c. for 6 days, twice daily) significantly reduced its effect on spontaneous locomotor activity and completely abolished its effect on amphetamine-elicited hyperactivity. Our data obtained after single injections of NT69L indicate that this drug stimulates central neurotensin receptors after peripheral administration and collectively support the notion that neurotensin receptor agonism is associated with an attractive pre-clinical profile as regards both antipsychotic activity and motor side-effect liability. However, the present results also indicate that repeated neurotensin receptor stimulation may cause a desensitisation of neurotensin receptor mediated effects.
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PMID:Induction of tolerance to the suppressant effect of the neurotensin analogue NT69L on amphetamine-induced hyperactivity. 1143 Sep 16

Neurotensin (NT) is a tridecapeptide neurotransmitter in the central nervous system. It has been implicated in the therapeutic effects of neuroleptics. Central activity of NT can only be demonstrated by direct injection into the brain, since it is readily degraded by peptidases in the periphery. We have developed many NT(8-13) analogs that are resistant to peptidase degradation and can cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB). In this study, we report on one of these analogs, NT77L. NT77L induced hypothermia (ED(50)=6.5 mg/kg, i.p.) but induced analgesia only at the highest dose examined (20 mg/kg, i.p.). Like the atypical neuroleptic clozapine, NT77L blocked the climbing behavior in rats induced by the dopamine agonist apomorphine (600 microg/kg) with an ED(50) of 5.6 mg/kg (i.p.), without affecting the licking and the sniffing behaviors. By itself NT77L did not cause catalepsy, but it moderately reversed haloperidol-induced catalepsy with an ED(50) of 6.0 mg/kg (i.p.). Haloperidol alone did not lower body temperature, but it potentiated the body temperature lowering effect of NT77L. In studies using in vivo microdialysis NT77L showed similar effects on dopamine turnover to those of clozapine, and significantly different from those of haloperidol in the striatum. In the prefrontal cortex, NT77L significantly increased serotonergic transmission as evidenced by increased 5-hydroxyindole acetic acid:5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HIAA:5-HT) ratio. Thus, NT77L selectively caused hypothermia, over antinociception, while exhibiting atypical neuroleptic-like effects.
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PMID:Neurotensin analog selective for hypothermia over antinociception and exhibiting atypical neuroleptic-like properties. 1168 57

The potential use of hypothermia as a therapeutic treatment for stroke and other pathological insults has prompted the search for drugs that can lower core temperature. Ideally, a drug is needed that reduces the set-point for control of core temperature (T(c)) and thereby induces a regulated reduction in T(c). To this end, a neurotensin analog (NT77) that crosses the blood brain barrier and induces hypothermia was assessed for its effects on the set-point for temperature regulation in the Sprague-Dawley rat by measuring behavioral and autonomic thermoregulatory responses. Following surgical implanation of radiotransmitters to monitor T(c), rats were placed in a temperature gradient and allowed to select from a range of ambient temperatures (T(a)) while T(c) was monitored by radiotelemetry. There was an abrupt decrease in selected T(a) from 29 to 16 degrees C and a concomitant reduction in T(c) from 37.4 to 34.0 degrees C 1 hr after IP injection of 5.0 mg/kg NT77. Selected T(a) and T(c) then recovered to control levels by 1.5 hr and 4 hr, respectively. Oxygen consumption (M) and heat loss (H) were measured in telemetered rats housed in a direct calorimeter maintained at a T(a) of 23.5 degrees C. Injection of NT77 initially led to a reduction in M, little change in H, and marked decrease in T(c). H initially rose but decreased around the time of the maximal decrease in T(c). Overall, NT77 appears to induce a regulated hypothermic response because the decrease in T(c) was preceded by a reduction in heat production, no change in heat loss, and preference for cold T(a)'s. Inducing a regulated hypothermic response with drugs such as NT77 may be an important therapy for ischemic disease and other insults.
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PMID:Neurotensin analog NT77 induces regulated hypothermia in the rat. 1296 85

NT69L, a neurotensin analog that crosses the blood-brain barrier, reduces body temperature, reverses apomorphine-induced climbing, haloperidol-induced catalepsy, and D-amphetamine- and cocaine-induced locomotor activity in rats. In this study we tested the development of tolerance to these effects of NT69L in rats. The blockade of apomorphine-induced climbing behavior and D-amphetamine- and cocaine-induced hyperactivity seen after a single acute injection did not show significant change with repeated daily injections of NT69L. Thus, for example, NT69L after five daily injections at a fixed dosage was as effective at reversing cocaine-induced hyperactivity as after the first injection. On the other hand, repeated daily injections of NT69L resulted in a diminished hypothermic response and a diminished anticataleptic effect against haloperidol. The effect of NT69L on blood glucose, cortisol, and thyroxine (T(4)) were all back to control levels after five daily injections. Thus, tolerance developed to NT69L after the first injection, when it was tested for causing hypothermia, blockade of haloperidol-induced catalepsy, and change in blood glucose, cortisol and T(4) levels. Since tolerance did not develop to the effects of drugs acting as direct (apomorphine) or indirect (D-amphetamine and cocaine) agonists at dopamine receptors over the course of 5 days, these findings suggest a selective role of neurotensin in the modulation of dopamine neurotransmission. Furthermore, due to the lack of development of tolerance, NT69L or similar analogs might be useful in modulating certain behavioral effects of psychostimulants or have potential use as an antipsychotic drug in humans.
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PMID:Selective tolerance to the hypothermic and anticataleptic effects of a neurotensin analog that crosses the blood-brain barrier. 1449 44

Neurotensin (NT) produces behavioral and physiological effects, including analgesia and hypotheria, when administered into the CNS. Fischer and Lewis rats exhibit differential behavioral responses to central NT receptor activation. To further characterize these differences, we assessed central NT-induced analgesia and hypothermia in independent groups of rats from each strain. Fischer and Lewis rats showed a similar dose-orderly analgesic response in a hot-plate test. Such an isosensitivity was not observed for NT-induced hypothermia. Although NT produced a dose-orderly decrease in mean rectal temperature in both strains, the magnitude of the hypothermic response was significantly smaller in Fischer than in Lewis rats. These findings provide further evidence of genetic differences in central neurotensinergeric neurotransmission in these two strains.
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PMID:Differential sensitivity to neurotensin-induced hypothermia, but not analgesia, in Fischer and Lewis rats. 1461 90

The neuroprotective effect of the neurotensin analogue H-Lys-psi(CH2NH)Lys-Pro-Tyr-Ile-Leu-OH (JMV-449) was assessed in a mouse model of permanent distal middle cerebral artery occlusion. Mice were injected with 0.6 nmol JMV-449 or vehicle i.c.v. immediately after ischaemia. The core temperature declined by 6-7 degrees C after 30 min and the hypothermia persisted for 4-5 h. JMV-449 treatment was able to reduce the infarct volume significantly both at 24 h and 14 days after onset of ischaemia. No neuroprotective effect could be seen if the mice were kept normothermic after the JMV-449 treatment suggesting that the neuroprotective effect is mediated via the hypothermia.
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PMID:Neuroprotective effect of the neurotensin analogue JMV-449 in a mouse model of permanent middle cerebral ischaemia. 1462 34

Neurotensin (NT) is a neuropeptide that induces a wide range of biological activities including hypothermia and analgesia. Such effects are mediated by the NT receptors Ntsr1, Ntsr2 and Ntsr3, although the involvement of each receptor in specific NT functions remains unknown. To address nociceptive function in vivo, we generated both Ntsr1-deficient and Ntsr2-deficient mice. In addition, histochemical analyses of both Ntsr1 and Ntsr2 mRNAs were performed in the mouse brain regions involved in NT-related nociception. The expression of Ntsr2 mRNA was greater than that of Ntsr1 in the periaqueductal gray (PAG) and the rostral ventral medulla (RVM). The mutant and control mice were subjected to the examination of thermal nociception, and in the hot plate test, a significant alteration in jump latency was observed in Ntsr2-deficient mice compared to Ntsr1-deficient or wild-type control mice. Latencies of tail flick and hind paw licking of the mutant mice were not affected compared to control mice. These results suggest that Ntsr2 has an important role in thermal nociception compared to Ntsr1, and that these mutant mice may represent a useful tool for the development of analgesic drugs.
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PMID:Comparison of mice deficient in the high- or low-affinity neurotensin receptors, Ntsr1 or Ntsr2, reveals a novel function for Ntsr2 in thermal nociception. 1472 75

Neurotensin (NT) is a tridecapeptide found in the nervous system, as well as elsewhere in the body. It has anatomic and functional relationships to dopaminergic neurons in brain. NT has been implicated in the actions of antipsychotic drugs and psychostimulants, and animal studies suggest that neurotensin directly injected into brain has reinforcing effects. Previously, we showed that one of our brain-penetrating analogs of neurotensin, NT69L (N-methyl-L-Arg, L-Lys, L-Pro, L-neo-Trp, L-tert-Leu, L-Leu), has many pharmacological effects in rats including antinociception, hypothermia, and blockade of the hyperactivity caused by psychostimulants (cocaine, D-amphetamine, and nicotine). Since these studies in rats suggest that this compound may have clinical use in humans, we were interested to know what effects NT69L had in primates. NT69L caused a potent antinociceptive effect against capsaicin (0.1 mg)-induced allodynia in 46 degrees C water in rhesus monkeys, inducing 40% of the maximal possible effect at an intravenous dosage of 0.03 mg/kg; its hypotensive effects precluded evaluation of higher dosages. Core temperature measured by rectal probe was modestly reduced at 0.01 and 0.03 mg/kg. In an intravenous self-administration procedure, NT69L was without reinforcing effects at any dose, including those that caused other pharmacological effects, and did not alter cocaine-maintained behavior when administered as a pretreatment.
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PMID:Antinociceptive, hypothermic, hypotensive, and reinforcing effects of a novel neurotensin receptor agonist, NT69L, in rhesus monkeys. 1568 Jan 87


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